Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1971-1975 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The National Libraries ADP Feasibility Study, sponsored by the Department of Education and Science, was undertaken in the early 1970s to assess the feasibility of using automatic data processing in the operations of the United Kingdom's national libraries. The Project Head was Maurice B. Line.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Dr Moelwyn I. Williams, Aberystwyth, 1983.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copies of the National Libraries ADP Feasibility Study Report and various annexes and supporting papers produced for the study, 1971; and provisional draft of the MARC International Format, prepared by the IFLA Joint Working Group on Content Designators, 1975.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1983, at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: National Library of Wales, Minor Lists and Summaries 1983; Barr, Diana R., Trends in Book Production and Prices (National Central Library London, 1972).